
As the ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee during the 111th Congress, he helped us ensure ongoing investment in Federal highway, transit and highway safety programs and the jobs that those investments create.

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Many of our Senators during campaigns promise to vote for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, in the heat of the campaign.

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Companies doing business online want to reassure consumers and potential customers that their interests will be protected online, not heighten their concern about electronic commerce.

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The Progressive Caucus Budget raises taxes by almost $950 billion.

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Many are asking what happened to the promise Republicans made in 2010 when, in their pledge to America, they wrote--and again I quote--in their pledge to America:

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Faced with soaring gasoline prices, agencies around the country that provide services to the elderly say they are having to cut back on programs such as Meals on Wheels, transportation assistance, and home care, especially in rural areas that depend on volunteers to provide their own gas.

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And we are doing so at a time when our budget, the budget put through by the Republicans who control the Congress, is slashing funds for education, cancer research, health care, other essential needs at home.

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Subject to the direction of the Secretary, a person charged with law enforcement responsbilities by the Secretary who is performing a duty related to enforcement of a law regarding fisheries or other marine resources may make an arrest without a warrant for an offense against the United States committed in his presence, or for a felony cognizable under the laws of the United States, if he has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a felony.

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We desperately need the largest volunteer effort in our history to mobilize our citizens to act as role models and mentors for young people who have no real family encouragement.

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What I don't understand is why our Democratic friends want to ruin a good thing that 80 percent of seniors who have access to this prescription drug plan say they like and 90 percent of seniors eligible have signed up for, saving on average $1,200 a year.

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President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at 10 a.m., in SD-226.

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Recognizing the public health threat caused by antibiotic resistance, Congress took several steps to curb antibiotic overuse in human medicine through amendments to the Public Health Service Act made by section 102 of the Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act , but has not yet addressed antibiotic overuse in agriculture.

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As the crisis approached, Democrats did nothing.

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I join with my friend in asking everyone to support this measure to name this post office after Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck, and I align myself with all of the comments that my friend and colleague has made on behalf of these two gentlemen, these two heroes.

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History has shown that, without strict limits on spending, tax increases will simply go to new spending rather than to reduce the deficit.

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Provided further, That funds available under this heading for opportunity scholarships, including from prior-year appropriations acts, may be made available for scholarships to students who received scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year:

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Well, it is important because people who have made America, who have made America strong, ought to in fact be remembered.

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President, earlier this week I placed on my Web site-- sanders.senate.gov--a letter to Secretary Paulson, and I asked people who shared the sentiments of that letter to sign a petition.

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It seeks to solve the problem of soft money , not just with the political parties, but with the special interest groups who run attack ads, who are completely unregulated by the system, and whose contributors are undisclosed.

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I raise these points because when someone stands up and says, ``We are the ones who want the taxpayers to keep their money and you on this side of the aisle, you are the ones who want to take it from them.''

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